April 2022 Newsletter

April was an amazing month! Our Friday Breakfast Connect is finally back on 29th April - You are all welcome to join our sit-down breakfast, having food and music together! Our 5th cooking class will also be held on 25 April to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.

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APRIL 2022 NEWSLETTER

Breakfast Connect is back in person!

Every Friday morning between 9am and 10am, over 80 warm meals are prepared and served to our neighbours. To manage COVID safety, we currently serve breakfast at the door but we will resume Sit-down meals on every Friday morning from 29 April 2022 (Friday)! We definitely need more passionate volunteers to help and mingle with our neighbours!

SAVE THE DATES:
A 3-part Dragon Boat Festival Celebration Cooking Class Series

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Tuen Ng, is a traditional Chinese festival. "Zongzi" is one of the main food items eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival. It is a rice dumpling made out of sticky or glutinous rice, wrapped in bamboo leaves to form a pyramid shape which is tied with plant stems.

In addition to the Pakistan and Syrian cooking class series, we are very delighted to announce this Cooking Class Series. You will focus on learning a particular skill in making "Zongzi" in each class. You are highly recommended to join all three classes at a discounted price to learn all skills in a progressive way! Here are the details:

Dates and Time:
Class A to learn how to wrap and tie the rice dumplings:
25 April 2022 (Monday) [10:30 am - 1pm (2.5 hours)]
Class B to learn how to make the ingredients:
9 May 2022 (Monday) [10:30 am - 1pm (2.5 hours)]
Class C to learn how to make the entire product:
30 May 2022 (Monday) [9:30 am - 1pm (3.5 hours)]

Place: 3213 Fraser Street, Vancouver, BC, V5V 4B8

Class Fee (with all ingredients included):
Option 1: CAD$30 per person for all three classes
Option 2: CAD$12 per person for individual class

Enrolment: First-come, First-served

Remarks: As we have to prepare the ingredients prior to the date of the cooking class, your seat will only be secured once the payment is confirmed. Thanks a lot for your understanding.

Registration:
1. Please submit your registration form or
2. Visit us in person to register!

Payment:
We only accept in-person payment for the time being.

Let's have fun together!!

Volunteer Appreciation Lunch

We celebrated the extraordinary contributions of our volunteers. All of them are our most committed volunteers who have devoting their precious time and effort to volunteering with us and serving our community! One of them has already entered his eighties but he still comes every single day to volunteer at Boundless Vancouver! A big salute to all of them!

We are now recruiting volunteers for various programs. Your participation definitely means a lot to us! Details are as follows

(1) Volunteer job: Personal Shoppers

Campaign:Nourishing Hope Marketplace Program - It is an appointment-based food program which allows neighbours to choose the food they receive that suits their dietary restrictions and needs. This program is made possible by the wide range of food and grocery items generously donated by our community partners.

Description of volunteer jobs:

help neighbours choose the food they receive that suits their dietary restrictions and needs
interact with and greet neighbours in a safe and friendly manner
provide neighbours with food
lifting, handling or carrying food may be required
communicate closely with our food coordinator to assist in giving food out

Volunteer shifts:
Shift (1) : Every Tuesday from 11am - 1pm
Shift (2) : Every Thursday from 11am - 1pm
Shift (3) : Every Tuesday and Thursday from 11am - 1pm

(2) Volunteer job: Breakfast Servers

Campaign: Every Friday morning between 9am and 10am, over 80 warm meals are prepared and served. To manage COVID safety, we currently serve breakfast at the door but we will resume Sit-down meals on 29 April 2022 (Friday)! We definitely need more passionate volunteers to help and mingle with our neighbours!

Description of volunteer jobs:

serve breakfast
interact with and greet neighbours
some cleaning jobs may be required
communicate closely with our food coordinator to assist in serving the breakfast

Volunteer shift: Every Friday from 8:30 am - 10:30 am

Please send us an email to indicate your interest volunteer@www.salvationarmyvancouver.com. (Subject: Interest in volunteering as Personal Shoppers/Breakfast Servers). Our volunteer coordinator will contact you ASAP. Thank you so much!

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Our mailing address is:
3213 Fraser St. Vancouver, BC V5V 4B8

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